Seismic Explorations, Inc. v. Dobray

CODY, Justice.

This suit was brought by Mike Dobray and wife, Elsie K. Dobray (now Mrs. Tom Mitchell), against Seismic Explorations, Inc.; against Frank F. Reynolds, its President; and against Phillips Petroleum Company, for damages to plaintiffs’ home, consisting of cracks in the walls and floors, alleged to have been caused by vibration resulting from explosions of charges of dynamite used in a reflection seismograph test. No contention is made that any physical trespass was made upon plaintiffs’ land by defendants. Before the case was tried, the wife of Dobray divorced him and married…